Events from the year 2010 in Afghanistan. Incumbents President: Hamid Karzai First Vice President: Mohammed Fahim Second Vice President: Karim Khalili Chief Justice: Abdul Salam Azimi January On January 28, 2010, an International Conference on Afghanistan was held at Lancaster House in London, where members of the international community discussed the further progress on the Petersberg agreement from 2001 on the democratization of Afghanistan after the ousting of the Taliban regime. The one-day conference, hosted by the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the Afghan government, meant to chart a new course for the future of Afghanistan and brought together foreign ministers and senior representatives from more than 70 countries and international organizations. Also in late January 2010, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner explained that France will not send any more combat troops to Afghanistan, reinforcing his country's opposition to joining the U.S.-led surge there. February The Khataba raid refers to the killing of five innocent civilians including two pregnant women and a teenage girl when US special forces raided their house on February 12. The Uruzgan helicopter attack refers to the killing of a large number of Afghan civilians including four women and one child. The attack took place on February 21, 2010, near the border between Uruzgan and Daykundi province when special operation troops helicopters attacked three minibuses with "airborne weapons". In early February Coalition and Afghan forces began highly visible plans for an offensive, codenamed Operation Moshtarak, on the Taliban stronghold near the village of Marja. It began on 13 February and, according to U.S. and Afghan officials, was the first operation where Afghan forces led the coalition. The offensive involved 15,000 US, British and Afghan troops. It was the biggest joint operation since the 2001 invasion that ousted the Taliban. The troops were fighting over an area of less than , with a population of 80,000. March On 12 March 2010 Route Trident, a new road built by the British Army and Afghan workers in Helmand province officially opens to traffic. April President Hamid Karzai pledged that tribal leaders would be consulted before any coalition push to oust the Taliban from Kandahar, their spiritual home in southern Afghanistan. Insurgents in Afghanistan think last year was their most successful year of operations since 2002, according to a new Pentagon report, but US officials are increasingly confident because of the surge of American troops and believe that insurgent